The Golden Palominos – Pure

Kraftwerk’s first attempt at radio-friendly music was a 22-minute long track meant to capture the feeling of a car journey along Germany’s first autobahn, the A 555 from Koln to Bonn. It worked… the three and a half minute single version made it onto US and European charts and became one of the first charting “electronic” tracks. The album sees the godfathers of electronic music moving further away from their earlier instrumental krautrock sound with their famous custom electronic drum pads, vocoder, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, EMS Synthi AKS, and various devices of their own design. Important to note that lyrics are not actually “fun, fun, fun” but actually “wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der autobahn” which translates to “we drive, drive, drive on the autobahn.”
Recommended – Full Listen
A Autobahn
B1 Kometenmelodie 1 = Comet Melody 1
B2 Kometenmelodie 2 = Comet Melody 2
B3 Mitternacht = Midnight
B4 Morgenspaziergang = Morning Walk
Mastered By – G.K.*
Music By, Concept By, Producer – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter
Written-By – F. Schneider*, R. Hütter*